Display form



June l7; 1941.

L. L. DAVIDSQN DISPLAY FORM Filed July 24, 1939 Patented June 17, 1941 STATS 2' Claims.

This invention relates to display forms which primarily are for the purpose of displaying mens coats or the like in association with a shirt and tie; and a principal object and purpose of the invention is to provide a dress form to which the shirt may be applied in its folded condition as it comes from the manufacturer to the store, without the necessity of unfolding the shirt and placing it around the form as has been previously almost universally done. When a shirt is unfolded and placed upon the form in the same way that it is worn upon the body of the user, such shirt thereafter is not in any condition for sale, it must be refolded if it can be done, and usually such refolding is hard to attain in anything like the form Which it was originally, the usual result being that the shirt which is used on the display form must be sold at a sacrifice price.

Furthermore, with my invention the application of the shirt to the form is quickly done, taking only a few seconds at the most, while when the shirt is unfolded, unbuttoned, placed on the form and rebuttoned, a much longer time is required. When a shirt has been used on a form, made in accordance with my invention, it can be instantly removed from the form and is in the same shape and condition that it was when it reached the store from the manufacturer.

An understanding of the invention may be had from the following description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, in which:

Fig. 1 is an elevation, illustrating the appearance after a form has been dressed with shirt, tie and coat.

Fig. 2 is a somewhat enlarged front elevation of the form made in accordance with my invention.

Fig. 3 is a substantially central vertical section taken between the sides of the form and with the shirt and tie applied thereto.

Fig. 4 is a horizontal section through the form, and

Fig. 5 is a fragmentary section similar to Fig. 3 of the upper part of the form, with the shirt removed therefrom.

Like reference characters refer to like parts in the different figures of the drawing.

The form I is preferably hollow and may be made from papier-mach to simulate the upper portion of the body. It is usually supported by a vertical post and base in a well-known manner, so that it stands upright. At the upper end of the form and inwardly from each side thereof at the front, the form is shaped with short inwardly extending sections 2 and 3 as shown, whereby the front upper portion 4 of the form between the parts 3 and below the part 2 is located inwardly from the side portions of the front of the form and from the lower part thereof. In other words, there is a relatively large and shallow recess in the upper front portion of the form sufficiently large to receive a folded shirt therein and of a depth such that the thickness of the folded shirt may be received therein. At the lower edge of the inwardly recessed part or panel 4 a horizontal slot 5 is cut, separating the lower end of the recessed portion 4 from the upper edge of the front 6 of the form below such recessed portion.

At the upper end of the form and immediately back of the inwardly recessed edge portion 2, a curved metal plate is secured having an upwardly projecting arcuate section I from which a section 8 (Fig. 5) is bent to the rear and is preferably embedded in the wall of the form when it is made.

A shirt 9 with the collar l0 applied thereto or inseparably attached thereto as is common, is placed on the form, the upwardly extending curved metal plate I being inserted between the rear part of the collar and the neck band of the shirt. The lower portion 9a of the folded shirt is passed through the slot at 5, as shown in Fig. 3. The tie II is attached in place on the shirt and in conjunction with the collar in the usual manner before the shirt is put on the form. After the shirt has been applied to the form it is necessary then merely to dress the form with the coat I2 either with or without a vest within.

It is apparent that with this structure the folded and laundered shirt as it comes to the store by shipment from the manufacturer is readily applied to the form without disturbing the folded condition of the shirt in any way. And if, as in many cases, the shirt is folded around and upon a pasteboard support, such support does not need to be removed as it flexes readily to take the curved form of the bottom 4,

it can be returned to stock or to the counter for sale, not having been disturbed in its folded condition or soiled because of service upon the form.

The invention is practical and useful and has demonstrated its merit in service. The claims appended hereto define the invention which is to be considered comprehensive of all forms of structure coming within their scope.

I claim:

1. A dress form comprising, a hollow form simulating the upper portion of the human body, a recess at the front of said form extending from the upper end thereof downwardly for a distance, supporting means within said recess and spaced rearwardly from the front of said form said form at the lower end of the recess having a horizontal slot therethrough to the interior hollow space of said body, the slot being substantially the same width as said recess and said recess having a width whereby a folded shirt may be received between the sides of the recess, with the lower portion of said shirt extending downwardly through said slot.

2. A dress form comprising, a hollow body simulating the shape of the upper portion of the human body, a relatively wide and shallow recess at the front side of said body having a bottom therein extending from the upper end of the body downwardly for a distance, said body at the lower end of said recess being horizontally slotted substantially the full width of the recess, said recess being adapted to receive a folded shirt therein, said shirt resting on said bottom with the lower portion of the shirt extending into said body through said slot, and means at the upper rear end of the body projecting upwardly therefrom over which the rear portion of a collar on a shirt placed in said recess may be hooked, as specified.

LAWSON L. DAVIDSON. 

